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Who do you think was the better ODI batsman? Who would you rather have in the side?
Crowe's ODI batting record
Lloyd's ODI batting record
Crowe's ODI batting record
Lloyd's ODI batting record
Lloyd was a reasonable non-entity as an international bowler, really? 10 Test wickets at 62 and 8 ODI wickets. Crowe was a more than handy medium pacer and has more Test and ODI wickets than Lloyd. He was a demon apparently as a teenager but his body didn't allow him to continue at much more than gentle pace. I don't remember a lot of Crowe's fielding to be fair. He was a captain with incredible nous, although Lloyd never had to be as he had an all-star line up to work with.Really tough one. Lloyd had that amazing knock in 75 and skippered the first great ODI side. But Crowe in 92 was next level batting and captaining as well.
If I went just on batting I would probably take Crowe. But factoring in a young Lloyd as a more than handy medium pacer and one of the great cover fielders, as a total package I would take Clive, but only just.
Crowe was a brilliant fielder, took some brilliant catches in the covers in his time.Lloyd was a reasonable non-entity as an international bowler, really? 10 Test wickets at 62 and 8 ODI wickets. Crowe was a more than handy medium pacer and has more Test and ODI wickets than Lloyd. He was a demon apparently as a teenager but his body didn't allow him to continue at much more than gentle pace. I don't remember a lot of Crowe's fielding to be fair. He was a captain with incredible nous, although Lloyd never had to be as he had an all-star line up to work with.
On complete bias, but I think with reason, I'll take Crowe. He was a superstar. He was different, people didn't get him but he was just 2-3 steps ahead of most people in terms of his vision of how the game should be played. T20 arose not completely from Cricket Max, so he's not a pioneer per se, but he certainly shaped the landscape to what it is today.